So the table of contents is the first clue. I was hoping the reader would become a textual detective as they enter the book. So what you encounter is four different texts, four documents, four books.
A lot of care went into the first thing you actually see when you open the book, which is a table of contents. I love the physical act of reading and how the body is involved in the act of reading. I should say- I like what you said about your experience of opening the book. And kind of describe it for what it is, if you will, as it exists in the book. Tell me about the first quarter or so of this book, what form it takes. And then I turned two more pages, and I see another title page. So the first thing to say is that you open this book, and you see the nice title page with your name on it, “Trust,” by Hernan Diaz.
And we will only give people the outlines so they can discover the rest for themselves. And of course, in modern parlance, no spoilers, because there’s a lot you discover as you read this book. We’ll walk listeners through this slowly. Hernan, thanks for being here to talk about it. His new novel, “Trust,” is about New York City and the financial world and the 20th century. That book reimagined, or re-reimagined, the American Western. His first novel, “In the Distance,” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2018. Plus, my colleagues Greg Cowles and Liz Egan will be here to tell me what they’ve been reading. Paul Fischer talks about “The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures,” the story of a French inventor, Thomas Edison, a true crime mystery, and a history of early movie technology. And all of a sudden, here’s Thomas Edison, who’s got a reputation as someone who’s not entirely ethical, announcing what sounds a lot like Louis Le Prince’s invention. Louis Le Prince has just disappeared months before. Hernan Diaz talks about his new novel, “Trust,” which is told in four parts, each one changing the reader’s perception of all that has come before. And the main premise of these fictions is that of the self-made man. The novel is, to a large extent, about the fictions woven around great wealth in America. Transcript Hernan Diaz on ‘Trust’ and Money in Fiction Hosted by John Williams Diaz talks about his second novel, and Paul Fischer discusses “The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures.” Saturday, May 7th, 2022
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